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Un printemps d’ailleurs
Xiaodan He
Li Fang, a 35-year-old Chinese immigrant who lives in Montreal with her husband. Their brutal rupture pushes her to a big depression. Li Fang leaves chaos behind to go back to Dazu, a small district in south China. She finds relief alongside the people around her, all the while witnessing their respective problems and quiet efforts.
Le lac des hommes
Marie-Geneviève Chabot
Hoping to reconnect, three brothers embark on a fishing trip with their father, whose absence from their childhood has left them with lasting scars. For Stéphane, Jean-Pierre, Jérôme and Laurent, this is a chance to find some answers, and maybe even to make their peace with the past. On the gently rocking boat, dreams and regrets slip in and tangle up with their fishing lines. The trip is a bittersweet quest to find a lost family ideal. It’s a foray into a masculine world struggling toward reconciliation, where sometimes the most courageous thing to do is break the silence.
Slaxx
Elza Kephart
SLAXX tells the story of a possessed pair of jeans brought to life to punish the unscrupulous practices of a trendy clothing company. Shipped to the company’s flagship store, SLAXX proceeds to wreak carnage on the staff, locked in overnight to set up the new collection. When the body count mounts, the panicked staff disbands and the struggle for survival begins. It is up to idealistic employee Libby to uncover the reason behind SLAXX’s blood thirst before its evil is released into the world.
La face cachée du baklava
Maryanne Zéhil
The uneventful middle-class life of Lebanese sisters Houwayda and Joëlle spirals into turmoil after Houwayda announces that she is accompanying Pierre, her Québecker husband, on a sabbatical year in France. Joëlle will stop at nothing to keep her sister in Montréal, even if it means exploring the sticky side of baklava. With its humorous treatment of the culture clash of immigration, The Sticky Side of Baklava is a heartwarming film that seeks to bring people together by embracing our differences.
En tête de ligne
Joëlle Arseneau
Garance Chagnon-Grégoire
With 40 years of telecommunications in Quebec as its backdrop, Leading The Wave presents André Chagnon’s exciting, groundbreaking journey to becoming the founder of Videotron.
Je me souviens
Naomie Décarie-Daigneault
Exercice inspiré des Je me souviens de Georges Perec. Ou quand ma grand-mère m’échappe et que je tente de la retenir.
Le temps retrouvé – Hommage à Michel Brault
Naomie Décarie-Daigneault
Les Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois présentent une série de courts métrages conçus spécialement en hommage à l’un des pères fondateurs du cinéma québécois et du cinéma direct, Michel Brault. Hommage à son film Le temps perdu, 1964, 27 min.
Je vous regarde de ma fenêtre
Naomie Décarie-Daigneault
Le récit de la rencontre entre papa et maman. Cartierville, théâtre des premiers amours.
Souterrains
Naomie Décarie-Daigneault
Une exploration de l’univers de Diane Obomsawin, à la fois cinéaste d’animation, illustratrice, auteure de bandes dessinées… et rêveuse en eaux profondes.
Opération Survie
Erica Pomerance
Obstetrical fistula is a severe gynecological condition widespread among rural women in sub-Saharan Africa. Millions give birth far from a clinic. After undergoing excision and/or early marriage, they may suffer prolonged, obstructed labour and a stillborn child. Fistula renders thousands of women incontinent, social pariahs rejected by their partners and community. Dr. Danielle Perrault, general practitioner and globetrotter from Québec, travels to Mali to inquire.
Sous la peur
Lise Bonenfant
Qu’est-ce qui se cache sous la peur des hommes qui ont développé des comportements violents? Voilà la question que Lise Bonenfant s’est posée tout au long de la réalisation de ce documentaire. Sous la peur répond à cette question. D’abord par les personnes porteuses qui témoignent dans ce documentaire et puis, bien malgré elle, par sa parole. En effet, à son insu, une voix s’est imposée. Persistante. Cette voix, c’est la sienne. Elle y résiste, elle ne veut pas se dévoiler, elle ne veut pas montrer sa souffrance, et finalement elle prend la parole. Un guide d’animation accompagne la vidéo.